jdmidwest Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 4 months away from radiation and things are approaching normal again. Most effects gone. Still have dry mouth and goofy taste buds. Neck stiff and speech weaker and slurred. Weight and strength coming back. Kicked cancer in butt again and kissing it goodbye. Back on TN River today and had a good day. I had been tossing back 14-16 in smallies and holding leader board over my two companions. Then one pulled ahead of me with a nice 18" 3 1/4 lb smallie. Not to be outdone, I worked this one up. Best smallie so far, 20" and 4 lb 11 oz. He fell to a flicker shad just before dark. Nice end to a wonderful day. Haris122, rps, bfishn and 17 others 20 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
MoCarp Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 Glad to you back at it...if more knew how fast your health can fail...they would go fishing more! tho1mas 1 MONKEYS? what monkeys?
timinmo Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 Beautiful fish!!! Glad your are able to get out.
BilletHead Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 Nicely Done JD! Pat says welcome to the survivor club, The BilletHead's Johnsfolly 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Mitch f Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 Very nice JD!! That's a pig!! "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
MOPanfisher Posted October 22, 2017 Posted October 22, 2017 Very nice smallie sir. Awesome news on the health front too. One of my doc says I will go through chemo again at some point, however the one I see the most says maybe not. Guess which one I like the best!
jdmidwest Posted October 22, 2017 Author Posted October 22, 2017 I have had some normal days again in the past week. Left out at 3 yesterday and fished till dark and still had plenty of energy to enjoy food and a few beers after we got off the water. The radiation keeps on doing damage after the treatments stop. I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to turn for the better, but it did. I have had a great medical staff to help me thru. Today was a different critter. 3 foot swells on the lake this morning and we pulled off after about an hour dealing with that. Dropped in the river and caught a few small ones before we finally bailed and headed for home. The wind was just brutal. tho1mas 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Johnsfolly Posted October 23, 2017 Posted October 23, 2017 Congrats on a great smallie and good luck on your continued recovery!
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now